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Chinese City Panics Over Undrinkable Water Supply
Beijing (AFP) May 31, 2007Authorities in a major Chinese city issued emergency orders Thursday to stem panic water-buying after heavy pollution in a lake contaminated drinking supplies for millions of people. The Wuxi city government said it was doing everything it could to rid the Taihu lake of a huge algae bloom that was triggered by the pollution, but in the meantime drastic measures were needed to supply residents wi ... more China Launches Communications Satellite SinoSat-3 
Xichang, China (SPX) Jun 01, 2007China on early Friday morning launched "SinoSat-3", a communications satellite for radio and television broadcasting, aboard a Long March-3A carrier rocket, marking the 100th flight of its Long March series. The satellite, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwest Sichuan province at 0:08 a.m. (Beijing Time), separated from the rocket about 24 minutes after lift-off, bef ... more American Public Complacent On China Finds UPI-Zogby Poll 
Washington (UPI) May 23, 2007Americans increasingly view China as a rival and competitor rather than a friend, but they remain relatively complacent about the state of Sino-American relations, a new UPI-Zogby poll reported. The poll, which was conducted nationwide from May 16 to May 18, also found that almost two-thirds of Americans thought U.S. President George W. Bush had made a bad job of handling relations with China. ... more China's War Chest 
Washington (UPI) May 23, 2007With more than $1,200 billion in U.S. dollars, T-bills and securities in its piggy bank, China has been losing money as the value of the dollar has fallen against the euro. This helps explain that startling announcement last week that China is planning to launch a state investment fund that would seek better returns on its money. It plans to start by investing in stocks and private capital ... more China Aims To Launch Moon Probe This Year 
Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2007China aims to launch its first lunar orbiter later this year, part of a three-step plan it hopes will eventually see moon samples brought back to Earth, state media said Sunday. The launch of the Chang'e I, envisaged in the second half of 2007, would be a landmark for China's space programme, China's space agency chief Sun Laiyan was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua news agency. "Th ... more |
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Beijing (Xinhua) May 14, 2007China's State Council, or the cabinet, approved the country's 11th five-year plan on space development, in principle, at a conference on Thursday last week. Addressing the conference, Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan stressed that the 11th five-year period (2006-2010) is key to China's space development. China should give priority to a manned space flight, lunar exploration, new launch veh ... more Wife Of Arrested Environmentalist Sues China Government 
Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2007The wife of an arrested environmental campaigner Thursday said she has filed a lawsuit aimed at censuring the eastern Chinese city where he is awaiting trial for blackmail. Xu Jiehua, wife of Wu Lihong, is seeking a court ruling that will remove Yixing in Jiangsu province from an official list of "model environmental cities," she said. ... more Taiwan's Live-Fire Drills Simulate Chinese Invasion 
Taipei (AFP) May 08, 2007Taiwan is to showcase its military strength by using live-fire exercises to test the island's defence capabilities against rival China, the defense ministry said Tuesday. The five-day drills codenamed "Han Kuang (Han Glory) 23," will be staged in the region's islands beginning Monday, and form the second part of the biggest exercises in the year. "All the forces will be involved...in the I ... more US Calls Taiwanese Missiles Destabilizing, Offers Its Own Instead 
Hong Kong (RIA Novosti) May 08, 2007The U.S. is trying to discourage Taiwan from acquiring missile technology capable of threatening mainland China, the Taiwanese media said Friday. Stephen Young, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the de facto U.S. representative office on the breakaway island, said the U.S. has urged Taiwan to acquire defensive, not offensive, weapons, fearing that this would encourage mainland ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) Apr 27, 2007The United States has rejected a bid by a US-China venture to take private a Hong Kong-based satellite operator, invoking export approval powers dating back to the Cold War, a report said Thursday. GE Capital Equity Investments of the United States and Beijing-controlled Citic Group had offered to take Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) off the market in a 295 million US dollar de ... more China Will Have Military Edge Over Taiwan By 2010 
London (AFP) April 24, 2007China's rapid beefing up of its military might should give it the edge over Taiwan for the first time by 2010, Jane's Defence Weekly said Tuesday. China announced last month a 17.8-percent rise in military spending to 45 billion dollars for this year -- a boost aimed at making its forces capable of a quick, decisive invasion of Taiwan while deterring US intervention, the authoritative magazine s ... more Results Of First Systematic Study Of China One-Child Policy 
Irvine CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2007The first systematic examination of China's fertility policy and practice reveals that, despite government exemptions in rural areas, 63 percent of Chinese couples are strictly limited to one child. Furthermore, the policy has proven remarkably effective, with actual birth rates decreasing nearly to the mandated levels. The study, which involved researchers in the United States and China, ... more Space Peonies Blooming In Heze 
Beijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2007Seventeen "space peonies" that sprouted from seeds that orbited the Earth on the Shenzhou-III spaceship in 2002 are in full bloom in Heze, in East China's Shandong Province. The flowers were the largest attraction at the 2007 Heze International Peony Festival that began on Sunday. This was China's first experiment on peony seeds under weightless conditions, said Sun Jingyu, an expert with ... more
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